House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 17, 2021
- Committee actionJun 24, 2021
- Passed HouseMar 3, 2022 · 256–174
- Passed SenateJun 16, 2022 · 84–14
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 16, 2022 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3967.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3967, Honoring our PACT Act of 2021” on December 7, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on June 24, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 7, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57669
- CBO publication date
- December 7, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3967, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3967
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Budgetary Effects of Rules Committee Print 117-33 for H.R. 3967, Honoring our PACT Act of 2021” on February 28, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As Posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules on February 18, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 28, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57886
- CBO publication date
- February 28, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3967, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3967
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
770e28fe66904dd2b2b14c5ab01110508353f98f896c07f9bbd3f7aec27455db
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 3967, Honoring our PACT Act of 2021” on June 6, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As amended by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 6, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58177
- CBO publication date
- June 6, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3967, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3967
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
770e28fe66904dd2b2b14c5ab01110508353f98f896c07f9bbd3f7aec27455db
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 117-249 ↗; H. Rept. 117-249,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on March 1, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 1, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/249
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/249 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3967, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3967
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
770e28fe66904dd2b2b14c5ab01110508353f98f896c07f9bbd3f7aec27455db
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAKANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 106, June 17, 2021, Page H2928):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I; Section 8, Claus 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 17, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3967, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3967
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
770e28fe66904dd2b2b14c5ab01110508353f98f896c07f9bbd3f7aec27455db
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
100 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 97 Democrats
3 of 100 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Ben Cline (R-VA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) and 70 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Takano.
- H.R. 1276 (117th) SAVE LIVES Act
- H.R. 1948 (117th) VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021
- H.R. 6411 (117th) STRONG Veterans Act of 2022
- H.R. 7946 (117th) Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022
- H.R. 7589 (117th) Reduce and Eliminate Mental Health Outpatient Veteran Copays Act
- H.R. 5721 (117th) VA Infrastructure Powers Exceptional Research Act of 2021
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.